Penn State University Libraries - Subject Headings

Local Usage/Treatment

• Subject Cataloging List of Pattern Headings from Princeton University Libraries
  
• Form subdivisions from Princeton University Libraries
  
• LCSH Weekly Updates

• Search LC Databases
• SACO Homepage
• Subject Authority Proposal Form
• LCSH Change Proposal Form

For other general reference links to encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc. go to the Cataloging Department's list of Language resources.

• U.S. Gazetteer Official source of U.S. geographic names from the Census Bureau
• Geonames Search -- Official Source for geographic names, this is the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) database of foreign geographic feature names
• British place name Gazetteer from the Ordnance Survey. Note: For informational use only, this is not an accepted source for AACR2 geographic names.
• Canadian Geographical Namesfrom Natural Resources Canada. Note: For informational use only, this is not an accepted source for AACR2 geographic names.